Fresh From the Vault

You know how Disney always brings old movies "fresh from the vault" and you can only get them for a limited time. I found some old pictures on my small camera that I carry in my purse that you can consider "fresh from the vault" since they've been on the camera for so long.

We'll start with January . . .

John and I took Reagan to an open house at the Little Gym one Saturday afternoon in January. Other than the older kids running like crazy, unsupervised by their parents and knocking Reagan over every ten minutes, she had a great time. Reagan's gymnastics session ends in two weeks and after that we've decided to switch to the Little Gym for the time being so she's in a class with kids that are more her age. She is the only one year old in her other gymnastics class and while she can do more than we thought she could, we think it would be better for her to be in a class focused for her age group.

She loved to climb on this contraption, whatever it is.

Reagan and I also started going to Stroller Strides, a fitness program for moms to do with their babies and toddlers. We walk around Southdale before the mall opens and stop at different stations to do resistance training as well. Here is Reagan (with her coffee cup) after class with Noah and Ethan, although you can't see them very well since they are all bundled up.

Reagan also took in a performance of Goodnight Moon at Stages theater with her friends Sophia and Lexi. The girls loved the show and Reagan was on the edge of her seat the entire time!

February . . .

In February, we met my friend Sarah and her little boy Will at Edinburough Indoor Park. Although it was a little busy, the kids loved it. Reagan loved to push these chair things around.

And they had fun climbing and going down the slide on the other side.

March . . .

Last week, Sarah and I met up again to take the kids to see the Teddy Bear Band at the Mall of America. This time, little Grace was along for the ride. Grace was born two days after our trip to Edinburough Park!

Pit Stop in Legoland.

Finally, John and I drove up to Albertville on Saturday afternoon. On the way home, Reagan was reading her Cookie Monster book for a long time.

Or so we thought . . .

"All Done"

Reagan's first official sentence is "All done." (Ah da, as she says it). I thought it was a fitting title for the pictues of my second finished quilt for Little Mac.

Reading With Elmo

Reagan loves her books and loves to read them out loud to anyone that will listen. She could sit and read a book for 20 minutes or more. Here's a little sampling of a long video:

Bedtime Stories

Just thought this was funny ~ Reagan is currently reading The 25,000 Best Baby Names as her bedtime story tonight. That's the only one she wanted. I can hear John listing the names as I type!

St. Patrick's Day

It took a while, but St. Patrick's Day turned out to be a nice day after all. In the morning, Reagan and I met up with Sarah, William and Grace at Lake Calhoun. Sarah and I had higher hopes for the weather, but it was overcast and on the cold side. We didn't get any pictures of the kids playing at the playground because our hands were too cold and the kids were too cold to do much.

After Reagan's nap, it was much nicer outside. It was a little windy, but I was looking forward to the chance to let her walk around the neighborhood. Her favorite place to be is outside, so I hope the weather cooperates this spring and summer so we can have a lot of time outside.

Walking on the sidewalk.

Blowing bubbles with Daddy when he got home from work.

McCarthy family pic - sorry, no stomach in the picture. It's quite a bit bigger though!

Our green dinner and John's Guinness. John, the pancake artist, attempted green clover pancakes. They worked out pretty well. He was so happy to have Guiness. I'm not sure it goes well with pancakes and eggs though.

"I can't believe you made all of my food green!"

Reagan has started trying to climb everything - our bed, her crib, chairs. I ran down to our entryway for a minute and came back to this. No idea how she got in there!

Word Explosion

Reagan turned 16 months old this past Saturday and I'm so amazed at how many words she is now saying versus her 15 month doctor appointment this past February (for those who are wondering, she was 23 lbs 5 oz and 30.5 inches tall). I was happy to report to Dr. Kuperman in February that Reagan had learned 5 words the week before the appointment. "Hi" was her first word, but here's a rundown of the others she knows in no particular order:

Hi
Buh Buh (Bye Bye)
Up
Off
Out
No(this is the one John and I hear the most unfortunately)
Uh oh
Wah Wah (Water)
Elmo
Bo (Bowl)
Mo (More)
Mama
Dada
Baby (But I'm not sure she knows what a baby is)
Woof Woof
Peez (Please)

Hat

Hot

Eyes

Deet Deet (Tweet tweet)

Go (Car)

Glo (Gloria for her favorite book Officer Buckle and Gloria)

Sick-O

Reagan has had a fever for the last two days. I've never seen her like this and it makes my heart ache. Just looking at the picture you can tell that she's not feeling normal. Yesterday, I couldn't get her to sleep all day. Today, all she's done is sleep. We were lucky enough that my mom watched her this morning and John came home in the afternoon. I'm hoping tomorrow she'll turn the corner.

Sweatshop

A couple of weeks ago, I started a list of sewing projects I wanted to complete before the new baby came. It started with the quilts and has expanded to include blankets, burp cloths, a boppy slipcover and some embellished onesies. John says our basement is starting to look like a sweatshop and it's not fun to clean up when we have a showing. We'll see how much I actually get done. This past weekend I did complete some of my projects . . .

A couple of aprons for Reagan. One for our house and one for my mom's house to use in her (my) pretend kitchen. When I was little my mom has a picture of me helping her make Easter eggs (I think) and I'm wearing a little apron. I hope someday I can have a similar picture with Reagan in her new apron. Even with all her dressin up, I have yet to see it on her, so no picture yet.

Some taggie blankets . . the blue one is for Little Mac.

Finally, one finished quilt!!!

Dress Up!

Reagan has been really into clothes lately. Luckily, she's not really picky about what she wears, but she likes to try to put shirts, socks, shoes, her jacket and her hat on all by herself. Every once in a while she'll give up and bring you the outfit she'd like to wear. This is what she came up with last Friday night.

Just to give you a run down: She's wearing a onesie, her swimsuit, John's socks and John's belt. Good accessorizing!

Being silly with Daddy

Cabin Fever

I think John, Reagan and I all had cabin fever two weeks ago on a Sunday morning. Reagan had some extra energy that needed to come out and John and I were tired of being in our house. Reagan and I had such a fun time at the Edinborough indoor playground that we decided to check out the Maple Grove Maze. I do have to say that I'm glad they let us in for free because it wasn't that spectacular for Reagan's age. She did enjoy running back and forth between the ball pit and the little slide. They also had little activity boards on the walls and Reagan enjoyed saying "hi" through the cracks to all the kids on the other side.